Lakhai in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Lakhai in context

6810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
6810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LakhaiSylhet (Region)Bangladesh (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Lakhai plotted against Sylhet and Bangladesh. The SNDi of new construction in Lakhai followed a zig-zag trend, compared to Sylhet which rose steadily and Bangladesh which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. In terms of the aggregate network, Lakhai ranked 14th out of 24 cities in Sylhet and 151st out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
N/A

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
7.52
Rank in Bangladesh
151st of 234
Rank in Sylhet
14th of 24

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LakhaiEgbeNevinnomyssk

In new street additions, Lakhai fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Egbe built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Nevinnomyssk built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Looking at the full network, Egbe and Nevinnomyssk both became progressively more disconnected, while Lakhai fluctuated in connectivity. Lakhai and Egbe have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.